Ryan Debord v. State of Florida

Appellant, Ryan DeBord, appeals his judgments and sentences for sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation on grounds that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing the testimony of two undesignated expert witnesses for the State. We agree, and reverse and remand for a new trial.

Everyone agrees in this case that the State violated Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.220 by not designating its expert witnesses in discovery. The parties also agree that the trial court failed to conduct an adequate Richardson hearing. We conclude that the trial court also abused its discretion…